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Understanding a patient’s culture is very important when it comes to caring for the patient. As a nurse, you need to know how that person feels towards certain topics. For example, pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, end of life care, and dietary measures. The nurse needs to be able to promote the most optimal and culturally competent care they can. The Hindu culture has a very specific belief system when it comes to healthcare modalities. Hindus have a highly valued and…

Environmental quality contributes significantly to the liveability of places because due to the impact of air pollution, waste, and water pollution which negatively impacts humans. Environmental quality can change the environment in many different ways such as too much heat and too much cold. There are many different types of pollution which affect environmental quality which impacts the environment animals and humans. The environment is also affected by waste such as sewage and rubbish which…

Throughout Global history, there have been many river valleys which play a big role on early civilization and make the important contribution to the world. Three civilization of these is Mesopotamia, India, and China. Mesopotamia is the land that located between Tigris and Euphrates river. This can be considered as the reason why Mesopotamia called Mesopotamia. In Greek, it technically means between two rivers, and obviously this is exactly what was happening. Also, the shape of it…

some sort of prophetic device. For example in the first few lines of the canto Dante says: “The sun, had already reached the horizon, whose meridian circle, at the zenith, covers Jerusalem: and night, that circles opposite him, was rising, out of Ganges, with the Scales, Libra, that fall from night’s hand, when the days shorten…” Dante seems to use the position of Libra to mark the relative length of the day rather than as some sort of prophetic sign. Later Dante says: “The sun, who had chased…

Amirah Ahmad February 12, 2017 POS-2150 POS 2150- STUDY QUESTIONS for CHAPTER 4- INDIA 1. According to the text, why is India a study in contrasts? India is a study in contrasts because over the last three decades, it has had the world’s fastest growing economy but it also has the largest number of malnourished and illiterate children, and is characterized by incompetence, inefficiency, and corruption. 2. What problem was activist Ana Hazare’s “fast unto death” addressing Activist Ana Hazare’s…

A religion that has been practiced over 3,000 years is Hinduism, which has been originated in India. An interesting belief in Hinduism is the trinity of higher powers. Brahma is the creator; he never destroys what he creates. Vishnu is the great preserver, and his main purpose is to balance out the good and evil powers. Shiva, the destroyer and recreator, brings the dance or cycle of life to an end so a new cycle of life begins. However, there is only one true god the creator of the universe and…

Everyone nowadays is talking about pot. Call it what you will- marijuana, cannabis, pot, mary jane, grass, weed, or gange. Marijuana has now been legalized in more than half of the United States, and the trend continues to spread. However, it remains a controversial and prominent subject today. Even though new uses and information is discovered often, the stereotypical view of a “pothead” ruins the positive effects that this drug could bring. With all of the diverse and dynamic attitudes…

Truth and Deception: The Affect They Have on Others Children have always been told to tell the truth because lies are bad, but in these stories the truth and lies both hurt, although they were presented in different ways. In "Like the Sun," Sekhar vows to tell the truth for the whole day and when he does, the truth ends up hurting many people. Towards the end of the story, Sekar understands how much the truth hurts people; and he has to grade one hundred papers in one night, which seems like a…

The major cultural elements that contributed to the human diversity of South Asia are the two main religions in the region. These religions are Hinduism and Buddhism. Both are similar but have differences that make up the diversity in South Asia. Hinduism is mainly in India; which includes worship of many gods related to varied historic experiences and is associated with a caste order. A caste order is a social class system based on supremacy of people. The top of the caste order are the…

Nuttel’s phobia of dogs. “I expect it was the spaniel,” said the niece calmly; “he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve” (14). Vera explains to her aunt and family that Mr. Nuttel left…